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Can you possibly provide some objective comments on why that comment may be incorrect ?

tomrod 5y ago
Here is a submarine Wired article on what Watson promoters expected it to do -- which supports what the parent commenter thought, the focus being on "bottom-line": https://www.wired.com/insights/2015/02/what-can-watson-do-for-your-company/ https://www.wired.com/insights/2015/02/what-can-watson-do-fo... Here is insight into how non-profit and community health programs are funded: https://www.parklandhospital.com/financial-summary https://www.parklandhospital.com/financial-summary Here is a section of Healthcare new dedicated to AI/ML implementations and other related events: https://www.healthcareitnews.com/topics/artificial-intelligence https://www.healthcareitnews.com/topics/artificial-intellige... Here is CMS's directive for hospital price transparency: https://www.cms.gov/hospital-price-transparency https://www.cms.gov/hospital-price-transparency The parent comment assumed that everything in healthcare is profit-motive driven. However, there are large portions of the healthcare industry that are non-profit, that are transparent in their funding and their costs, and that are looking to implement AI to improve healthcare outcomes. Parkland Health and Hospital System, Harris Health System, University Health System are some that I am more familiar with that run with this (PHHS recently achieved HIMMS Level 7 certification, for example). These are social safety-net hospitals and healthcare systems -- they care for everyone regardless of ability to pay. They focus not only on emergency and inpatient care, but also ambulatory care, primary care, and even fund (at arm's length) community (non-profit) medicaid insurers. On a more subjective side, I've seen a lot of folks out to make a buck, but the non-profit healthcare side has been much more focused on patient outcomes.

Here is a submarine Wired article on what Watson promoters expected it to do -- which supports what the parent commenter thought, the focus being on "bottom-line": https://www.wired.com/insights/2015/02/what-can-watson-do-for-your-company/ https://www.wired.com/insights/2015/02/what-can-watson-do-fo... Here is insight into how non-profit and community health programs are funded: https://www.parklandhospital.com/financial-summary https://www.parklandhospital.com/financial-summary Here is a section of Healthcare new dedicated to AI/ML implementations and other related events: https://www.healthcareitnews.com/topics/artificial-intelligence https://www.healthcareitnews.com/topics/artificial-intellige... Here is CMS's directive for hospital price transparency: https://www.cms.gov/hospital-price-transparency https://www.cms.gov/hospital-price-transparency The parent comment assumed that everything in healthcare is profit-motive driven. However, there are large portions of the healthcare industry that are non-profit, that are transparent in their funding and their costs, and that are looking to implement AI to improve healthcare outcomes. Parkland Health and Hospital System, Harris Health System, University Health System are some that I am more familiar with that run with this (PHHS recently achieved HIMMS Level 7 certification, for example). These are social safety-net hospitals and healthcare systems -- they care for everyone regardless of ability to pay. They focus not only on emergency and inpatient care, but also ambulatory care, primary care, and even fund (at arm's length) community (non-profit) medicaid insurers. On a more subjective side, I've seen a lot of folks out to make a buck, but the non-profit healthcare side has been much more focused on patient outcomes.